What she did have were Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, Cauldron Cakes, Licorice Wands, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life.

Voldemort’s fury at the fall of his last, best lieutenant exploded with the force of a bomb.

Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.

I would never recommend my novel as a parenting guide. But we happen to live at a very hectic and hurried time, and I believe that many parents are too wrapped up in themselves.

I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything that fail. They don't want to try for fear of failing.

Was it love when somebody filled a space in your life that yawned inside you, once they had gone?

All we do is read the stupid textbook," said Ron.